Different Fallacies

There are different fallacies and I will give my own original examples of the following twelve fallacies: 1) Begging the Question 2) Ad Hominem 3) Equivocation 4) Slippery Slope 5) Straw Man 6) Tu Quoque 7) Non-sequitur 8) False Dichotomy 9) Argument from ignorance 10) Red Herring 11) Anecdotal Evidence 12) Appeal to Authority.

Begging the Question:

1. It is okay to smoke weed but people shouldn’t be allowed to smoke weed because weed is already illegal.

Ad Hominem:

2. Bernie Sanders could never implement his policies, don’t you know he’s 78 years old? He’ll be dead before he ever could

Equivocation:

3. Nat King Cole says he used to visit all the gay places to feel the life of jazz and cocktails. But what does being Gay have to do with a place?

Slippery Slope:

4. Don’t smoke weed because weed will eventually not be enough and then you will have to switch to crack to get higher and then you will have to switch to meth and BANG! now you’re homeless! Do you really wanna smoke weed?

Straw Man:

5. Since you believe in a single-payer healthcare system, you must believe in destroying capitalism and destroying our economy.

Tu Quoque:

6. You’re telling me not to drive 100 mph on the freeway? I’ve seen you drive 75 mph on the freeway and you’re really telling me not to speed?

Non-sequitur:

7. Terrorists come from the Middle East. In the US people are allowed to come from the Middle East. We are in danger of a terrorist attack.

False Dichotomy:

8. I didn’t see you praying today, you must not be a good person.

Argument from Ignorance:

9. I have never seen gravity, so then gravity must not exist.

Red Herring:

10. Weed should not be legal because it hurts people. Don’t you know weed is a drug and drugs like heroin, meth, and crack are killing people everyday?

Anecdotal Evidence:

11. Driving drunk isn’t bad. My cousin always drives drunk and always makes it home safely. How can it be bad if my cousin can do it?

Appeal to Authority:
12. My doctor said I can smoke cigarettes daily, so it must be okay to smoke cigarettes daily.

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